Tue, 25 May 2021 20:01:33
A major fire erupted at the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) plant here on Tuesday afternoon, but everyone working there was reported to be safe.
Visakhapatnam District Collector V Vinay Chand said the fire was doused quickly, averting major damage.
"There were no casualties nor was anyone injured in the mishap," the Collector told reporters here.
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Tue, 25 May 2021 19:59:50
The Samajwadi Party said on Tuesday that students should be inoculated against the coronavirus before board exams are conducted, with its president Akhilesh Yadav asserting "no examination without vaccination".
As the government is in the process of taking a decision on the Class 12 board exams and subsequent entrance tests that were postponed due to the second wave of COVID-19, a demand has b
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Tue, 25 May 2021 19:58:03
The Sports Ministry has decided to set up 143 Khelo India centres across seven states with a total budget of Rs 14.30 crore in its bid to nurture talent at the grassroot level.
These centres will be set up in Maharashtra, Mizoram, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur.
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Tue, 25 May 2021 13:26:26
A prominent healthcare group in the UAE has offered jobs to at least 90 Indian nurses who have been stranded in the Gulf kingdom after they fell prey to a job scam, according to a statement.
VPS Healthcare, one of the largest healthcare groups in the UAE, has come to lend a helping hand to these nurses from Kerala after learning about their hardships. The group has been receiving job applic
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Tue, 25 May 2021 13:22:19
The validity of iqamas (residency permits), exit and re-entry visas, as well as visit visas of expatriates who are currently stranded in the countries facing travel ban, will be extended until June 2, 2021 free of cost, the Saudi Press Agency reported citing a royal order.
The free extension of the validity period of iqamas and visas granted by the finance minister at the directives of Custodia
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Tue, 25 May 2021 13:15:16
With the increase in COVID-19 cases in rural areas, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yedyurappa will interact with select gram panchayats reporting high caseload, via video conferencing on May 26, regarding containment measure. "Tomorrow the Chief Minister will interact with select gram panchayats with high cases, via video conference," Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.
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Tue, 25 May 2021 13:13:02
Karnataka has received three lakh additional Covishield doses from the Centre, for the 45 plus age group, Health Minister K Sudhakar said on Tuesday.
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Tue, 25 May 2021 13:10:50
People rushed to markets here to buy essentials after the lockdown imposed in the backdrop of COVID-19 outbreak was relaxed for a few hours on Tuesday. The lockdown was relaxed from 6 AM to 10 PM.
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Tue, 25 May 2021 13:08:03
Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, wanted in a Rs 13,500 crore loan fraud in Punjab National Bank, has gone missing in Antigua and Barbuda where he has been staying since January 2018, the Royal Police Force of the Caribbean island nation said in a statement.
The CBI, which is probing allegations against Choksi, is verifying reports through "formal and informal" channels, including the Interpo
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